Furnace brooder



Jilly 3, 1928.

. F. W. LORD FURNACE BROODER Filed March 12, 1927 2 Sheets-Shget 1 ".July 3, 1928.

F. W. LORD FURNACE BROODER Filed March 2, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 4 gal glwomtoz EedWLOrd 61am M1 if whicharemadeapart hereof .a nd onwhich Patented J uly 3, 192 I I Y:

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ing telescoped. or collapsed to, permit access t the brooderstove. Referring to th 'w mpanymg shavings similar reference characters indicate; .5 i.

. ,wFigure 1 1 is a perspective of a structedin accordance with my nnvent on withgthe sectionsof the iheat reta nmg canopy collapsed,

Figure 2, a fragmentary vertical section "Withthe parts of the'h'eat retaining canopy in thesamcpposition asshownzin Eigurel,

- Figurefi, atop plan view ,Withthesections 'o'f thelcanopyiinwide spread OPGIHtlKIQiPOSlition, Y I

r :Fig-ure a vertical section through ai -stove showing means smoke outlet.- circular depending:

burn hard coal, and; v Figure 5, a detailgperspectivejof the eonnecting link and draft; door lever. In the drawings reference character 10indicates a brooder'-st,ove,f11' the ash pio and. .12 a draft door. The stove; 10 preferably-3 com.- prises a sheet iron? body 1 provided with ta. cast iron top 13 having I .the :usual lid .and The top 13 isprovided withja flange; 14: adapted to fit intothe upper end of the; sheet ironsjacket to which itfmay ,be: secured by any fdesired fastening means. The" top 1s' a1so .p1 v'idd with an outwardlytand downwardly tapering portion Whiclrterminates in an external flange or shelf .15 arranged to support a cane opy or heat retaining shell16. The canopy or heat retaining shell 16 comprises a pair of rings or collars 17 and 18to each of which 1s connected, by any suitable fastening means,

' such as rivets or the like, oppositely disposed The lower ring or shelf 15 ofthe stove top while the ring 18 V is supported quartersectionsor segments of the canopy. 17 rests directly on the flange directly on the ring 17. Each section of the canopy forms a heat reflector and when the sections are disposed in non-' collapsed relation; as shown in Fig. 3, a complete body of heated air is constantly maintainedbeneath the same. Each of the four canopy sections 16 is rolled over at its lower edge in order tostrengthen the same and in for j'afdapting 'the stove {to I v p p ,withan operatingrod 12 which extends from one end of the. same outwardly and} down jwardly to form an operating member fo'r the .door. Towards the rear ofthe. fnrnace is order that rolled over edges not Mai mvam interfere, v provide the upper' Q sections with 1 corners 'of eaohof thello wer-sections down} wardaly ati 2 1 7 to keep them from interfering with'theiupper sections when the parts; are

v.lilllg ef iie t eee a sedier tel o l pe fii nfi o It'will v be obvious. that with: this construe: tlonf t is po ssible to- ;revolve both pairs of qu e S ct .x ca e yfby r volv one. pair. Also since thesersectionsfi f :held

enl 5" waives m y e r a l moved since thefringor collarftolwvhich one set is attached supports the otl ensetto pei nit fuel'to he suppliedto the furnace, ashes to-be removed for cleaning or any other pur poselfor lwhich itis desirable to have greater "access to .the stove is possible lfron' fth e outer I edge of theflcanopy The ash pit or draft doorwlQQ to operate an arm 24 and-:allever for reciprocating an adjustable link 2 6,for; open ing and/closing thedi 'aft doorlfl The end rod ,or link 26 which"enga'g'es' jthe ,draft}door.operating rodishentrearward- 13' 11 1 1 form a hi-furcated end 27 f 5) ini whi'ch iis'idi sposed, theoperating'ro'd12" which is [itselfand then curved around to cohnctedtothe draftdoor; 1

The thermostat-and associated partsare' disposed at a sufficient height so that they do not interfere with and'are not interfer d. with by'the chicks and said thermostat Will function in the well known manner of main- I V taining heat at a uniform temperature. In Figure 4: of the drawings is illustrated the furnace provided with an attachmentfor burning hard coal. A centrally disposed chamber30 having an outwardly-extendingv flange 31 at its upper end is adapted to fit into the lid opening in the top 13 and has its for the unburnt coal.

It will be obviousto those skilled 'inj the v i I Y lower end termmatmgaloove the center offg the grate to form a ,chute'or feed chamber 7 my device Without departing from the spirit 7 of my invention, and I, therefore, do not limit myself to'what is shown in the drawings and described in the specification, but only asset forth in the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my said invention, What I claim as new and desire to standingsupporting element, a pair of rings I resting on the upper end'of said supporting element, and similar spaced canopy segments on each of said rings, said rings being slidable relatively one to the other to permit the canopy segments on one ring to close the openings betweenthe canopy segments on the other ring, substantially as set forth.

A brooder comprising a central upstanding supporting element having a mar- 'ginal flange about its upper end, a ring resting upon saidflange and provided with spaced arcuate canopy sections, a second ring resting. on the first-mentioned ring, canopy sections mounted on'said second ring in spaced relation corresponding to the spacing of the first segments whereby the rings may be rotated relative to each other to arrange the sections in continuous relation to form an annular canopy or said sections can be disposed over each other to atford access between the canopy sections, substantially as set forth. I

'4. A brooder comprising a stove and a pair of rings supported at the upper end of the stove, each of said rings having diametrically opposed sections each equivalent to one-fourth of the'curved surfaces of a frustum of a cone, one of said rings being adapted to be rotated to arrange the canopy ring to afford acc sections supported thereby either in stag gered relation to provide an annular canopy or over the canopy sections of the other ess 'tothe stove, substantially as set forth;

5. A brooder comprising a stove and a pairof members supported at the upper end of the stove, each of said members having diametrically opposed sections, one of said members being adapted to be rotated to arrange the canopy sections supported thereby either in staggered relation to provide an annular canopy or over the canopy sections of the other member to afiord access to the stove, and a thermostat disposed beneath said canopy torlcontrolling the operationof said stove, substantially as set'forth. '6. A brooder comprising a heat retaining canopy formed of slidable sections disposed in staggeredrelationand a coal burning brooder stove comprising an ash pit, a combustion chamber, a top and a detachable central tube'supported by said top for adapt ing' said' stove to burn hard coal, substantially as set forth. i

7; A brooder comprising a heat retaining canopy formed of slidable sections disposed in staggered relation and a coal burning brooder stove comprising an ash pit, a combustion chamber, a top, a lid opening in said top and a detachable central tube having an outwardly-extending flange at its upper end adapted to fit said lid opening to form a chute or feed chamber for unburnt coal, substantially'as set forth. I

8. A brooder comprising a supporting element, a canopy supported by said supporting' element and comprising groups of spaced segments, the segments constituting .my hand at Tipton, Indiana, this 10th day of March, A. 'D. nineteenhundred and twenty-seven. I Y

' FRED W. Loan. 

